Thematic working groups were set up as part of the Joint Project to aid in the preparation and finalisation of the National Strategy and National Action Plan. These working groups were composed of various national stakeholders to strengthen a multi-sectoral approach to combating THB with the aim of working to improve the coordination, planning, implementation and monitoring of the measures of the Strategy:
Strategic Working Group I: Supporting Framework
Strategic Working Group II: Prevention and Protection
Strategic Working Group III: Prosecutions and Investigations
Strategic Working Group IV: International Cooperation
The working groups were chaired by the Human Rights Directorate and moderated by the independent experts of the Council of Europe.